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I was not too excited to visit this,but am very glad I did. An excellent small museum that covers local natural history, WWll history, and ethnic cultures. Worth visiting for everyone but on your first day if you are lacking in Australian and South Pacific...More

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This museum was very interesting with displays of both photographs and descriptions of the history of the area. The items on display were also very interesting to view and read the descriptions of what each item was about. Preservation of such history enables visitors to...More

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The J.K. McCarthy Museum in Gorka displays some nice artifacts and explains the history of PNG - and in pariticular - the history of the Goroka area. A special focus is the time of WWII. If you stay in Goroka - visit that Museum.

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Visited this fascinating museum that was a combination of local tribe artefacts, World War II memorabilia and a vast collection of photographs tracing local history. It was very helpful in putting present day Goroka into perspective. It is very well set out and easily can...More

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This is an excellent museum established pre-independence and has great artifacts and old pictures. I marvel at the old picture of Eroll Flynn showing him on a ship- trading lugger-he worked in PNG before movies. A must see if in Goroka. Not open Sundays.

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Remember we are in PNG; this museum is packed full of artifacts and photos that give a very good history of the highlands both native and colonial. They were also kind enough to stay open a little longer to allow me to see it and...More

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Nice small museum with exhibits from early outside contact, World War II and early days of Goroka. J.K. McCarthy was one of PNG’s early patrol officers who wrote the classic book on New Guinea patrolling - Patrol into Yesterday.
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